Improvement in portfolios



FFICE.

JOHN WESLEY EASTWVOOD, OF MONROE TOWNSHIP, WYOMING COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTFOLIOS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 161,872, dated April 13, 1875; application filed March 16, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. EASTWOOD, of Monroe township, in the county of Wyoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Portfolies; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view.

This invention relates to a device adapted for the school-desk, in which may be placed all the necessary articles used in drawing or writing, and is more especially used by those learning to write or draw where they are obliged to have the copy before them.

In the drawings, A represents the box or main part of my device provided with suitable compartments B O, the compartment B being intended for the pen-wiper, pencil, copies, or other materials necessary in drawing or writing; the penholder placed, when not in use, upon the rack to, one end resting in the groove bin the partition 0. The compartment O is intended for the pens. These compartments B 0, when the device is not in use, are closed by a suitable cover, I), hinged to the back and upper part of the box A. Upon one end of said box is suspended a bottle, E, of sufiicient size to hold the desired quantity of ink, and there is also connected to the end of the box a rack, 02, upon which the pen is temporarily placed. Projecting out from the under side of the box A is the writing-plate F, provided with Vertical side pieces 6 6, through which pass the ends of a rod, f, carrying the copy-rest G. An elastic cord, g, the ends of which are connected to the ends of the rod f,

after passing down through small holes in the projecting ends it of the rest, holds the copies thereon.

When it is desired to use the device for the purpose of copying in learning to write, the writing-copies are placed on the rest Gr under the elastic cord 9, which keeps it in its proper position. The blank paper is placed on the flat plate F, the upper edge of the paper resting under the lower edge of the rest G, and as each line is completed the paper is moved along under the rest so that the next line will be close to the copy. The copies, when not in use, may be placed in the compartment B.

When it is desired to copy manuscript the same is placed in the top of the copy-rest G, and slid back under the box A, after which it is bent up over said box, and fastened by a suitable elastic cord, which is secured to the ends of the box. The copy-rest Gris now turned up against the manuscript to conceal the lines as they are copied.

When the device is used for drawing, the drawing-card, after the rest G has been swung up in a vertical position against the front side of the box A, is placed thereon, resting against the under side of the rest G. A rack upon the back of the box A, consisting of two strips, H H, connected to a horizontal strip or brace, 1, receives the cards when not in use, the ends of the strips H H being bent around, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 4 Letters Patent, is-

The device for copying, substantially as' herein described, consisting of the box A, having compartments B O, and the rack com posed of the strips H H I, writing-plate F, and the t'oldin g copy-rest G, for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WESLEY EASTWOOD.

Witnesses:

J. R. WILLIs, W. T. PARSONS. 

